Hair-curler



A. B. POWELL.

HAIR CURLER.

APPLICATION -F|LED OCT. 31. 1919.

Patented May 3, 1921.

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ATTORNEY UNITED STATES ALLIE B. POWELL, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

HAIR-GURLER.

Application filed October 31, 1919.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALLIE B. PownLL, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania, have invented an Improvement in Hair-Curlers, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to hair curlers and it has for one of its objectsto provide a hair curler constructed, preferably, of relatively smallgage wire which is resilient and flexible. It comprises a member whichmay be described generally as of U-shape, the portion of said memberconnecting the opposite sides thereof being provided with means wherebyan intermediate member may be readily pivotally and swingingly connectedthereto.

A further object of my invention is to provide the said swinging orpivoted member with hooks at its outer swinging end for engaging theouter free ends of the opposite sides of the U-shaped member, whichhooks are formed integrally or otherwise connected permanently with thesaid central member.

Other objects and advantages of my invention will be particularlypointed out and referred to in the detailed description thereof whichfollows or will be apparent from such description.

In order that my invention may be readily understood and its practicaladvantages fully appreciated, reference may be had to the accompanyingdrawing in which I have illustrated certain forms of embodiment thereof.However, it will be understood that the invention is susceptible ofembodiment in other forms of construction than those shown.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a hair curler constructed in accordancewith my invention;

Fig. 2 is an edge elevation of the same;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a modified construction of curlerembodying my invention; and

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of still another form of curler embodying myinvention.

Referring to the drawing:

1 designates the opposite sides of one member of the curler, said memberbeing of U-shape or of the general shape of an ordinary hair pin. Thesesides 1 are connected together at one end by a cross portion orSpecification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 3, 1921. Serial No. 334,693.

member 2, to which the central cooperating member 3 of the curler ispivotally or swingingly secured.

In Figs. 1 to 3 of the drawing the memher 2 is bent at its center toform a relatively deep rectangular shaped notch 4. In Fig. 4 thetransversely extending connecting wire 2 is bent or looped to form aneye 5. In the forms of construction shown in Figs. 1 to 3, the centralcooperating member is pivotally connected to the portion 6 of the wireconstituting the bottom of the notch 4. The sides of the notch 4 arepreferably arranged substantially at right angles with respect to thebottom wire 6 thereof so as to render it unlikely that the hooks bymeans of which the central cooperating members 3 are secured to the part6 will slide or move therefrom onto the said sides of the notch.

In Figs. 1 and 2 the central cooperating wire member 3 consists of asingle wire bent as at 7 to form a loop or hook which is in engagementwith the bottom portion 6 of the notch 4. The outer swinging end of thecentralmember 3 in said Figs. 1 and 2 is bent to form double wire hooks8 situated laterally of the central body portion thereof. These hooksare adapted to engage and hold the outer free ends of the sides 1 of theU-shaped member of the curler. The extreme outer end of the wire is bentas indicated at 10 to engage the central wire 3 at a point adjacent tothe lateral bend made in the said wire in the formation of the hooks 8.

In Figs. 3 and 4 of the drawing the central cooperating members 3consist of a single wire bent as shown and provided with portionstwisted together to form the intermediate body portions thereof. Theends of said wires are provided with hooks as indicated at 12 whichhooks are arranged in adjacent parallel relation to each other and arein engagement with the bottom 6 of the notch 4 and the eye or loop 5respectively as shown. Portions of the wire at the outer ends of themembers 3 are bent and extended laterally as indicated at 15, suchlaterally bent portions being bent and shaped to form inwardly extendinghooks 16 as shown for engaging the opposite sides 1 of the U-shapedmembers near their outer free ends.

In the construction shown in Figs. 1 to 3, the central cooperatingmembers 3 are free to swing entirely around their pivots. This is notessential but may be found desirable.

In the construction of curlers embodying my invention I prefer to employnon-corrodible wire of a gage to provide the requisite strength,flexibility and resilience.

I have not illustrated the hair in curled position upon the curlerbecause the manner of using a device of this character is wellunderstood. It may be stated, however, that the hair may be coiled orbent alternately around the sides 1 and the central cooperating element3; or it may be coiled around the central member 3 alone; or it may becoiled as a spiral around the outside of the sides 1 of the U-shapedmember. In any case, after having been wound or bent around the elementsof the construction as just described, it is held in place by placingthe outer end portions of the opposite sides v1 in engagement with thehooks 8 or 16 as the case may be,

Instead of employing metal wire for the construction of curlersembodying my invention, any other desired suitable material may beemployed, such for example, as celluloid or zylonite.

I claim:

1. A hair curler comprisin a U-shaped member consisting of wire, tlietransverse portion of which connecting the sides of said member beingprovided with a notch, the sides of which are arranged substantially atright angles to the bottom thereof,

- a central cooperating member consisting of Wire having a hook inengagement with the bottom of said notch, and the outer swinging end ofsaid central cooperating member being provided with hooks situatedlaterally thereof, said hooks being formed by bending the wire of saidcentral portion, the ends or bills of said portion extending inwardlytoward the longitudinal center of the said curler and the said hooksbeing adapted to engage the outer free ends of the said sides.

2. A hair curler comprising a U-shaped member and a central cooperatingmember having pivotal connection "with the transversely extendingportion connecting the rear ends of the sides of said U-shaped membentheouter end portion of the said central cooperating member being bent andextended laterally and then bent and extended in opposite direction to apoint beyond the said central member and then again bent and ex tendedin a direction opposite to that of the last mentioned portion to thesaid central member to form laterally and oppositely extending portionsupon opposite sides of the said central member, which'last mentionedlaterally extended portions terminate in hooks, which hooks are adaptedto engage the opposite sides of said U-shaped member adjacent theirforward ends.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have hereuntosigned my name this 23rd day of October, A. D., 1919.

ALLIE B. POWELL.

